Kanye West Moves Up Album Release Date

According to Kanye's newest blog post he is pushing up the release date of his upcoming album "808s & Heartbreak" from Dec. 16 to "November something."

"I finished the album and I felt like (moving up the date)," he wrote. "I want yall to hear it as soon as possible."

I wonder if Kanye is trying to avoid a sales showdown with 50 Cent, who set the release of his new album "Before I Self Destruct" one week before Kanye's former date of the 16th.